TWO INLAID GOLD-LACQUER INRORinpa StyleEdo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryThe first with an upright broad body of four cases, thekinji ground inlaid in shell and applied in heavy pewter with gourds hanging from trailing vine, the interior of richnashiji,unsigned,6.7cm (2 5/8in) high; the second of three cases, thekinji ground similarly inlaid in shell and applied with heavy pewter decorated with an all-over design of mantises crawling over autumn plants and grasses, the interior of matt gold lacquer,unsigned;6.5cm (2½in) high. (2).